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Random House Australia. Very Good. 24 x 15.6 x 3.2 centimetres (0.5. Hardcover. 2003. 280 pages. Dj chipped<br>MY LIFE AS A FAKE is a fantastical gothi c tale, in part inspired by Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, about a hoax poet who mysteriously materialises and then pursues, taunts, haunts and otherwise destroys his maker. Two-time Booker prize w inning author Peter Carey uses the Ern Malley hoax as a springboa rd, ... .
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- Title My Life as a Fake
- Author Carey, Peter
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 280
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Random House (Australia), Sydney
- Date 2003
- ISBN 9781740512466 / 1740512464
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006296020
- Dewey Decimal Code 823.914
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Knopf / Random House, Milsons Point, New South Wales, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Sepia photographic and pages along with pink free end pages  please see photograph. White coloured boards with pink and red coloured titles to the back strip. Maroon coloured faux silk place marker with frayed ends. Photographic, sepia, dustwrapper (wraparound)with pink and dark red coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Sepia toned photograph of author to the rear fold over panel. In very conservative Melbourne of the 1940s a young poet, Christopher Chubb, creates a mythical poet of raw power and sexual frankness  Bob McCorkle, and a body of work  and submits said poetry to the most avant-garde of literary magazines. The magazine publishes this poetry and is then prosecuted for publishing obscenity. At the trial, a man, who bears an uncanny resemblance to the mythical Bob McCorkle leaps to his feet and "... At this…
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Milsons Point, N.S.W., Australia: Random House, 2003 280 pages. The dust jacket is a little worn and foxed. The page edges are well tanned and foxed. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Size F: 9"-10" Tall (228-254mm).
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Random House -- Knopf Australia, Sydney, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Crimson Place ribbon, photographic paste downs, hot pink free end pages, photographic dust jacket. untrimmed fore edge. "Using as a springboard the Ern Malley hoax, Peter Carey wickedly and ruefully explores how the phantom poet taunts, haunts, and otherwise destroys his maker, pursuing Chubb from Melbourne to the seedy, sweaty, tropical chaos of Kuala Lumpur."  from front fold over panel blurb. the top and front edges of the text block have aged, and darkened from exposure to light. There is no other damage to detail. Full number line. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 280 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; ISBN: 1740512464. ISBN/EAN: 9781740512466. Inventory No: 0274020. . 9781740512466
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Sydney:: Knopf / Random House Australia, , (2003). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in a fine dustjacket (toning to edges of textblock, shelfwear to bottom edge of boards). First printing. Using a real literary hoax that transfixed Australia in Carey's boyhood, this is a novel of literary forgery and obsession which ranges from Melbourne to Malaysia, to Bali, to Sumatra and Java. Author's note. 280 pp. Ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated endpapers.
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Knopf, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Used - Like New/Like New. First Australian Edition, First Printing. Published by Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. Octavo. White cloth boards stamped in red with pink endpapers. Signed by author on title page (flat signed not inscribed). Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Light toning to page ends. Dust jacket is like new. 280 pages. ISBN: 1740512464. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have books to sell!
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